Deffand Quotes

Heed the still small voice that so seldom leads us wrong, and never into folly. — Marie Anne De Vichy-Chamrond, Marquise Du Deffand

Do I believe in ghosts? No, but I'm afraid of them. — Marie Anne De Vichy-Chamrond, Marquise Du Deffand

The distance doesn't matter; it is only the first step that is difficult. — Mari De Vichy-Chamrond Marquise Du Deffand

The first step is the hardest. — Marie Anne De Vichy-Chamrond, Marquise Du Deffand

Ah! I shall repeat it endlessly, the only misfortune is to be born! — Marie Anne De Vichy-Chamrond, Marquise Du Deffand

Faith is a devout belief in what one does not understand. — Marie Anne De Vichy-Chamrond, Marquise Du Deffand

Let us strive to improve ourselves, for we cannot remain stationary; one either progresses or retrogrades. — Marie Anne De Vichy-Chamrond, Marquise Du Deffand

Deffand fell in love with him, and thought that at her age she could — Virginia Woolf

Impromptu thoughts are mental wild-flowers. — Marie Anne De Vichy-Chamrond, Marquise Du Deffand

God is not more incomprehensible than you; but if he is not more just, it is hardly worth while beIieving in him. — Marie Anne De Vichy-Chamrond, Marquise Du Deffand

Everything seems insupportable to me. This may very well be because I am insupportable myself. — Marie Anne De Vichy-Chamrond, Marquise Du Deffand

Rules of society are nothing; one's conscience is the umpire. — Marie Anne De Vichy-Chamrond, Marquise Du Deffand

I love nothing and that is the true cause of my ennui. — Marie Anne De Vichy-Chamrond, Marquise Du Deffand

Women are never stronger than when they arm themselves with their weaknesses. — Madame Du Deffand